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Mike couldn’t keep his eyes off her. The way Vanessa acted with his sisters warmed his slightly cold heart. The night prior Abby had invited Vanessa over for a sleepover, now that she was out of the hospital. And so now as Mike made breakfast for the three of them, the girls sat at the table drawing and talking.
He heard Abby tell Vanessa she was going to grab something and then her two pairs of footsteps. One went towards his sisters bedroom and the other towards him. He turned his head and saw Vanessa leaning against the counter, wearing his flannel she had stolen the previous night to sleep in “am I gonna get that back?” he asked before she could speak. She chuckled and smirked “nah plus I think it looks so much better on me”, he couldn’t help but smile at her being a tease. His smile soon dropped when she winced in pain “still hurts?” he asked with worry and guilt, she nodded “I mean what do you expect, my dad stabbed me” she mumbled as she looked down causing a loose curl to fall in front her face. He lifted her head and tucked the curl behind her ear as he looked at her with pity.
Before either could speak, Abby came running back with more drawings in hand. The girls once again sat at the table and Mike went back to cooking. It wasn’t until 5 minutes he was joining them at the table where they ate breakfast as Abby showed off her drawings. As they ate, Abby explained some of her drawings which the pair had found her stories intriguing. That was until they reached one drawing.
As soon as Mike saw it, he choked on his bacon and started blushing. Vanessa’s eyes widened in surprise at the picture but asked Abby to explain it. It didn’t need explaining Vanessa just wanted her suspicions to be confirmed.
“It’s you and Mike getting married because he has a crush on you”
Mike was praying that the ground would just swallow him whole. Sadly, it did not so he was stuck with two girls looking at him as he hid his bright red face in hands. He started to realise that he was way too tired to deal with this. “I don’t have a crush on her, Abby” he grumbled into his hands. All Abby could do was giggle at her brother.
For the next five minutes Abby went on to prove that her brother had a crush on Vanessa, and truth be told Mike was a little scared with all the evidence she had. By the time Abby was finished Mike and Vanessa were both blushing messes. Neither had realised that Abby had finished eating her breakfast until she left, leaving them both alone.
They sat in silence trying their best to eat and ignore the previous conversation. Mike had decided he would be the one to break the silence “I’m sorry about her” he said with slight pity. Vanessa leaned towards him and grabbed his face “it’s fine besides she’s probably teasing you, being a kid and a sister” she responded with a sweet smile. Mike huffed “yeah… she’s just being a sister”.
The whole day neither of them could get it off their mind, no matter how tried to distract themselves. So when they sat Abby down to watch a movie, the pair went in to Mike’s room and sat on his bed. Mike tried to avoid eye contact with her but failed when she gently grabbed his face and made him look at her. When they locked eyes Mike’s entire body went numb as tears welled up in his eyes. Vanessa wiped away a few stray tears “Mike, I know she’s right about you” she whispered to him. All he wanted to do was hide away from all his problems but he couldn’t. Instead he just mouthed “I’m sorry” trying his best to not break down. Vanessa pulled him forward and pressed a kiss on his forehead then nose then cheek. Mike felt himself blushing which made her chuckle, that only made his cheeks warmer. Vanessa ran her fingers through his hair and tugged him into a kiss. At first his eyes widened but he eventually relaxed, softly smiling into the kiss.
“I like you too, dipshit” “couldn’t tell”